Building a cloud application is like building a house. If you don’t at least acknowledge the industry’s best practices, it may all come tumbling down.

In the construction industry, principles to ensure a building is constructed effectively are documented in the International Building Code. In the realm of cloud infrastructure, Amazon has pioneered the AWS Well-Architected Framework. The Framework is something like a building code, established as a set of best practices for cloud architecture.

Download this Kentik whitepaper to learn about:

• An overview of the AWS Well-Architected Framework: Principles, the “Five Pillars” (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency and cost optimization), and related best practices
• How the Framework applies to networking — a critical part of cloud architecture
• How Kentik can help organizations effectively implement these best practices